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Heinz Emigholz

Heinz Emigholz

Born in 1948 near Bremen in Germany, Heinz Emigholz trained first as a draftsman before studying philosophy and literature in Hamburg. He began filmmaking in 1968 and has worked since 1973 as a filmmaker, artist, writer and producer in Germany and the USA. In 1974 he started his encyclopaedic drawing series The Basis of Make-Up . He looks back on numerous exhibitions, retrospectives, lectures and publications. In 1984 he started his film series Photography and beyond. He has held a professorship in Experimental Filmmaking at the Universität der Künste Berlin from 1993 to 2013, and co-founded the Institute for Time-based Media and the program Art and Media, there. Since 2012 member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2003 Filmgalerie 451 started an edition of all his films on DVD. Publications a.o.: Krieg der Augen, Kreuz der Sinne (War of Eyes, Cross of Senses), Seit Freud gesagt hat, der Künstler heile seine Neurose selbst, heilen die Künstler ihre Neurosen selbst (Since Freud Said That the Artist Heals His Neuroses Himself, Artists Have Been Healing Their Neuroses Themselves), Normalsatz – Siebzehn Filme (Ordinary Sentence – Seventeen Films) and Das schwarze Schamquadrat (The Black Sqare of Shame) (all four books at Verlag Martin Schmitz); Die Basis des Make-Up (I) and (II), Der Begnadete Meier (Grace Jones), Kleine Enzyklopädie der Photographie (Little Encyclopaedia of Photography) and Die Basis des Make-Up (III) (in Die Republik No. 68-71, 76-78, 89-91, 94-97 and 123-125); Sense of Architecture with more than 600 photographs.

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The Suit

The Suit

2024

Director

Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

2023

Director of Photography

Slaughterhouses of Modernity

Slaughterhouses of Modernity

2023

Director, Cinematography, Editor, Writer

Salamone, Pampa

Salamone, Pampa

2022

Director

Mamani in El Alto

Mamani in El Alto

2022

Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editor

The Last City

The Last City

2021

Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

Berlin [Underground]

Berlin [Underground]

2021

Director

WEISS hoch ZWEI

WEISS hoch ZWEI

2021

Director

Casa Golly

Casa Golly

2021

Director

Antivilla

Antivilla

2021

Director, Cinematography, Editor

The Lobby

The Lobby

2020

Director

Years of Construction

Years of Construction

2019

Director

Two Basilicas

Two Basilicas

2018

Director

Dieste [Uruguay]

Dieste [Uruguay]

2017

Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer

Streetscapes [Dialogue]

Streetscapes [Dialogue]

2017

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

2017

Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer

Bickels [Socialism]

Bickels [Socialism]

2016

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]

Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]

2016

Director

The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

2014

Editor, Director, Director of Photography

Two Museums

Two Museums

2014

Director, Camera Operator

Winter

Winter

2013

Director

Perret in France and Algeria

Perret in France and Algeria

2012

Director

Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

2012

Director

A Series of Thoughts

A Series of Thoughts

2011

Director, Writer

Sense of Architecture

Sense of Architecture

2009

Director

Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler

Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler

2009

Writer, Director

Ornament und Verbrechen

Ornament und Verbrechen

2009

Director

Loos Ornamental

Loos Ornamental

2008

Director

Schindler's Houses

Schindler's Houses

2007

Director

D’Annunzio’s Cave

D’Annunzio’s Cave

2005

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

The Basis of Make-Up III

The Basis of Make-Up III

2005

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Miscellanea III

Miscellanea III

2005

Director, Writer

Goff in the Desert

Goff in the Desert

2003

Director

Miscellanea I

Miscellanea I

2001

Director, Writer

Miscellanea II

Miscellanea II

2001

Writer, Director

Sullivan's Banks

Sullivan's Banks

2001

Director

Maillart's Bridges

Maillart's Bridges

2001

Director, Writer

The Basis of Make-Up II

The Basis of Make-Up II

2001

Director, Cinematography, Editor, Writer

The Holy Bunch

The Holy Bunch

1991

Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography

Virgin Machine

Virgin Machine

1989

Thanks

The Meadow of Things

The Meadow of Things

1988

Director

She Must Be Seeing Things

She Must Be Seeing Things

1987

Director of Photography

Die Basis des Make-Up

Die Basis des Make-Up

1985

Director

Committed

Committed

1984

Cinematography

The Basis of Make-Up I

The Basis of Make-Up I

1983

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Ordinary Sentence

Ordinary Sentence

1982

Writer, Director, Editor

Demon

Demon

1977

Director

Wandsbek Gartenstück

Wandsbek Gartenstück

1976

Director

Schuhstück

Schuhstück

1976

Director

Cup Piece

Cup Piece

1976

Director

Schenec-Tady III

Schenec-Tady III

1976

Writer, Director

Hotel

Hotel

1976

Director

Schenec-Tady II

Schenec-Tady II

1975

Director, Writer

Brooklyn Bathroom Piece

Brooklyn Bathroom Piece

1975

Director

Tide

Tide

1975

Director

Stair Piece

Stair Piece

1975

Director

Arrowplane

Arrowplane

1974

Writer, Director

Schenec-Tady I

Schenec-Tady I

1973

Director, Writer

Innsbruck, March 6th 2023

Innsbruck, March 6th 2023

Director

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